The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Том 6F. P. Kaiser, 1901 - 4107 страници The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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... feel conscious that life , any more than death , is unprofitable when a foreign nation holds my country in subjection . But it was not as an en- emy that the succors of France were to land . I looked , indeed , for the assistance of ...
... feel conscious that life , any more than death , is unprofitable when a foreign nation holds my country in subjection . But it was not as an en- emy that the succors of France were to land . I looked , indeed , for the assistance of ...
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... feels as his own every wrong with which power threatens weakness . This intensity gave him his power and his celebrity . In such cases as that of Lord George Gordon , where he is forcible to the last de- gree , he does not compel any ...
... feels as his own every wrong with which power threatens weakness . This intensity gave him his power and his celebrity . In such cases as that of Lord George Gordon , where he is forcible to the last de- gree , he does not compel any ...
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... feel no embarrassment from that recollection . I shall not be found to - day to express a sentiment , or to utter an expression , inconsistent with those invaluable principles for which I have uniformly contended in the defense of ...
... feel no embarrassment from that recollection . I shall not be found to - day to express a sentiment , or to utter an expression , inconsistent with those invaluable principles for which I have uniformly contended in the defense of ...
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... feel and know concerning the evidences of that religion , which is denied without being examined , and reviled without being understood . I am well aware that , by the communications of a free press , all the errors of mankind , from ...
... feel and know concerning the evidences of that religion , which is denied without being examined , and reviled without being understood . I am well aware that , by the communications of a free press , all the errors of mankind , from ...
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... feel for very sincerely , may be driven to advance propositions which it may be my duty , with much freedom , to reply to , - and the law will sanction that freedom . But will not the ends of justice be completely answered by my ...
... feel for very sincerely , may be driven to advance propositions which it may be my duty , with much freedom , to reply to , - and the law will sanction that freedom . But will not the ends of justice be completely answered by my ...
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Страница 2068 - ... is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Страница 2198 - For when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Страница 2079 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Страница 2068 - My hold of the Colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Страница 2206 - Truth crushed to earth, will rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers: But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers.
Страница 2239 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Страница 2257 - Though we differ in faith, thank God there is one platform on which we stand united, and that is the platform of charity and benevolence. We cannot, indeed, like our Divine Master, give sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and strength to the paralyzed limb, but we can work miracles of grace and mercy by relieving the miseries of our suffering brethren.
Страница 2047 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable ; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Страница 2075 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Страница 2198 - Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government, but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.